Sacramento County Biographies
JAMES LANSING
Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton
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SACRAMENTO TOWNSHIP.
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was born in Lansingburg, New York, in 1826, where he remained,
engaged in farming and manufacturing, till 1849. At that date he came to
California; located in Sacramento City, where he has since resided. Mr. Lansing
was elected to the police force in Sacramento in 1853; was elected Chief of
Police in 1856; City Marshal in 1857; Chief of Police again in 1858; was Deputy
Sheriff in 1862-3, and elected Sheriff in 1865. Mr. Lansing was Superintendent
of the County Hospital in 1873. At the election of 1875 he was chosen County
Assessor; in 1866 Mr. Lansing was the proprietor of the Union Hotel, and is now
the proprietor of the
International Hotel in Sacramento. Married Mrs. Mary W. Russell in 1868. They
have one boy and three girls. Mr. Lansing owns 170 acres of fine land worth
about $20,000. Post. Office, Sacramento.
Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by
Thompson & West.